Quotes of Soak - somelinesforyou

“ Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly scorned. ”

- The Holy Bible

“ He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. ”

- Bible

“ How does the Water Come down at Lodore? ”

- Robert Southey

“ The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. ”

- Robert Burns

“ And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ”

- Bible

“ And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. ”

- Bible

“ Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. ”

- Bible

“ And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. ”

- Bible

“ We have a wretched motley Crew, in the Fleet; the Marines the Refuse of every Regiment, and the Seamen, few of them, ever wet with salt Water. ”

- Benedict Arnold

“ You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there. ”

- Edwin Louis Cole

“ The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared? ”

- Lily Tomlin

“ Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king. - King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. ”

- Nikita Khrushchev

“ Such fire was not by water to be drown'd, Nor he his nature changed by changing ground. ”

- Ludovico Ariosto

“ The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect. ”

- Carson McCullers

“ There she shookThe holy water from her heavenly eyes,And clamour moisten'd. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet. ”

- John Heywood

“ The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. ”

- Bible

“ Still waters run no mills. ”

- Unknown

“ I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks. ”

- Janet Flanner

“ Nothing is so beautiful as spring — when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing. ”

- Gerard Manley Hopkins

“ O Lord! methought what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears! What sights of ugly death within mine eyes! Methoughts I saw a thousand fearful wracks; A thousand men that fishes gnawed upon; Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scatt'red in the bottom of the sea: Some lay in dead men's skulls, and in the holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes) reflecting gems, That wooed the slimy bottom of the deep And mocked the dead bones that lay scatt'red by. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Oh, ship ahoy!" rang out the cry; "Oh, give us water or we die!" A voice came o'er the waters far, "Just drop your bucket where you are." And then they dipped and drank their fill Of water fresh from mead and hill; And then they knew they sailed upon The broad mouth of the Amazon. ”

- Sam Walter Foss

“ If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it. ”

- Bill Mauldin

“ The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer, And, singing gently ever, Dips under the water clear. ”

- Heinrich Heine

“ Let the past drift away with the water. ”

- Japanese saying

“ Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. ”

- Bible

“ You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together. ”

- Buddha

“ If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. ”

- Nikita Khrushchev

“ Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. ”

- Aeschylus
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